NAME: HancockCOUNTY:ChaffeeROADS:2WD (4WD to tunnel)GRID:5CLIMATE: Cold
winter with snow, cool summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS:Not
much left but the tunnel is interesting if you can make it.REMAINS:A few remnants.

Hancock served the workers who built the famous Alpine
Tunnel. Its main population peak was in the 1880's and 1890's while the
tunnel was being built. Mining was secondary in Hancock. The tunnel was
completed in 1881, but the train ran through Hancock carrying miners,
passengers and supplies. It is said Mark Twain took the ride one time
just for the experience. The tunnel ceased operation in 1910 and the last
mine in Hancock closed in 1926 with the passing of the last passenger
train. Today one can still make it to the Alpine Tunnel entrance in a
4WD